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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TRANSLATION
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma present Themselves as elder or younger brother, but in the scriptures They are described as the original Supreme Personality of Godhead and His expansion.
TEXT 155
রামাদিমৃতিষ্ কলানিয়মেন তিষ্ঠন্ 
  নানাবতারমকরোদ্ভুবনেষ্ কিন্তু । 
  কৃষ্ণঃ স্বয়ং সমভবং পরমঃ পুমান্ যো 
  গোবিন্দমাদিপুরুষং তমহং ভজামি ॥ ১৫৫ ॥
rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan 
  nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu 
  kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo 
  govindam ādi puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
SYNONYMS
rāma-ādi —the incarnation of Lord Rāma, etc.;  mūrtiṣu —in different forms;  kalā-niyamena —by the order of plenary portions;  tiṣṭhan —existing;  nānā —various;  avatāram —incarnations;  akarot —executed;  bhuvaneṣu —within the worlds;  kintu —but;  kṛṣṇaḥ —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  svayam —personally;  samabhavat —appeared;  paramaḥ —the supreme;  pumān —person;  yaḥ —who;  govindam —unto Lord Govinda;  ādi-puruṣam —the original person;  tam —unto Him;  aham —I;  bhajāmi —offer obeisances.
TRANSLATION
“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who by His various plenary portions appeared in the world in different forms and incarnations such as Lord Rāma, but who personally appears in His supreme original form as Lord Kṛṣṇa.”
PURPORT
This is a quotation from  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.39).
TEXT 156
শ্রীচৈতন্য—সেই কৃষ্ণ, নিত্যানন্দ—রাম । 
  নিত্যানন্দ পূর্ণ করে চৈতন্যের কাম ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
śrī-caitanya — sei kṛṣṇa, nityānanda — rāma 
  nityānanda pūrṇa kare caitanyera kāma